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Survivors Speak ~ Art, Music, Poetry, Photography and Other Original Creative Works

Being a CSA survivor is not something to be ashamed of. Rather, it is something that we should all be proud of having the strength, courage and commitment to overcome and THRIVE! This is what Survivors Speak is about: showing the world who we are, sharing our talents, being brave and bold and seen!

We are strong. We are creative. We are survivors. And this is what we can do…

Goodbye child me you were so very unlucky treated like a rag doll grow up, stumble and fall I am grown up now, child me finding my own happy lost without your memory you will heal child me you will ...

Thank you R.A. Dickey for sharing your story. As a public figure, your voice can do much to empower our youth to speak up if they are being abused and also to empower adult survivors to be brave and ...

Wow! What a powerful testament to what it means to be a child sexual abuse survivor, look your abuse in the face, and choose to know that you are worthy, you are special and you are loved! Enjoy this ...

I had to touch her heart The child in me Her whole world ripped apart The child in me To find her buried under my tears The child in me To help her face her fears The child in me Now she shines from ...

I was raped when I was 15 and 4 months later he raped me again causing a miscarriage of my unknown pregnancy by him. This poem is about the loss of my baby and innocence. Send me back my rainbow That ...

Every time I sing this song I am reminded of the sweetness of happy, healthy romantic love. In the past, my understanding of love was pretty much synonymous with pain, loss or longing. However, a few ...